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Post by tim on Oct 18, 2017 22:18:16 GMT -5
"Dare to Dream" is one of those songs that I kept coming back to while doing my rankdown. I first had it well outside my top 10, but each time I listened to it I kept placing it higher. This really is a great tune and makes for a great road trippin' song.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 18, 2017 22:26:30 GMT -5
Not much of a surprise here to most, though it may or may not be delicious depending on where you ranked this one. Jo Dee is now down half of the Delicious Surprise era with the departure of its feisty and eccentric title track which was its second single (and more or less the beginning of the end of Jo Dee's run at country radio). It's not a good night for LBTrocks who loses back-to-back Top 5s. #RIPagain It is, however, a good night for fortune teller bboat11 who correctly predicted all five songs that would fall short of the Top 15. Impressive! Unfortunately for three others, it's another blow dealt to their Top 10, though one poster sees a Bottom 5 eliminated here. This one proved to be quite divisive, as expected, and falls right smack in the center of the results for this rankdown.
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Post by d3vin44 on Oct 18, 2017 22:30:58 GMT -5
I know radio dumped this song but I was hoping Pulse would surprise me. I was devastated when this flopped as I have always LOVED it!
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Post by LBTrocks on Oct 18, 2017 22:52:20 GMT -5
"Delicious Surprise" is a certified JAM!
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Post by sabre14 on Oct 18, 2017 23:02:46 GMT -5
I know radio dumped this song but I was hoping Pulse would surprise me. I was devastated when this flopped as I have always LOVED it! As much as I like "Delicious Surprise (I Believe It)", I think they made a grave error not releasing "It's Too Late To Worry" as the second single. "Delicious Surprise" was just so different and fresh, yet still Country (love the dobro). It was different and 2005 was a brutal year for competition so I wasn't shocked it stalled.
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Post by d3vin44 on Oct 18, 2017 23:57:57 GMT -5
I know radio dumped this song but I was hoping Pulse would surprise me. I was devastated when this flopped as I have always LOVED it! As much as I like "Delicious Surprise (I Believe It)", I think they made a grave error not releasing "It's Too Late To Worry" as the second single. "Delicious Surprise" was just so different and fresh, yet still Country (love the dobro). It was different and 2005 was a brutal year for competition so I wasn't shocked it stalled. Yes, I completely agree! Also releasing “I’m Not Going Down” before “Too Late To Worry” was a WTF moment for me. “Too Late To Worry” to me was a guaranteed hit, and they ruined it by releasing it as single #4 after she lost momentum.
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Post by BackwoodsBarbie on Oct 19, 2017 0:46:18 GMT -5
Delicious Surprise is one of 4 songs in this rankdown that I don't like. It just don't sound good to me but I can't point my finger to the part that bothers me.
Not Going Down and Dare to Dream are both great songs. I didn't rank them higher because her catalog is just so strong and there is not enough spots in top 10.
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Post by codyj100 on Oct 19, 2017 0:47:06 GMT -5
Delicious Surprise is still one of my favorite albums ever. It's solid. Each of the singles released were perfect choices, but I feel (and I see I'm not alone) that they were released in the wrong order following MGADB. I feel from what Jo Dee has hinted at in her live shows, that this era is where her and Curb started seeing things differently. I really am rooting for her in her cancer battle. She's been deprived of so much success in her career. This rankdown has reminded me just how infectious her catalog has been. Hopefully once she beats this thing, she can get back to making more music...because I so do love her artistry so much.
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Post by BlueShades874 on Oct 19, 2017 8:28:09 GMT -5
I honestly can't believe that Not Going Down is the first Delicious Surprise single out. I thought the title track would easily be the first one out. I forgot how much I love Not Going Down until I listened to it again when making my list. I don't dislike Delicious Surprise at all, I just think it was the weakest of four very strong singles. Overall, I find that album as a whole very underrated since unfortunately only one of the songs really had any success.
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Post by austin on Oct 19, 2017 8:39:49 GMT -5
I am surprised with both the 2004 Rankdown and this how well "I Wish" has done. " Delicious Surprise", " Dare To Dream", "You're Not In Kansas Anymore", "I Wish", and " Not Going Down" should be very nervous methinks.
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Post by BlueShades874 on Oct 20, 2017 10:24:53 GMT -5
Anyone else totally falling in love with Jo Dee's music again after doing this rankdown? She's one of those artists that I always liked, but not well enough to follow all that closely. Now that I'm going back and listening, I don't know why I wasn't obsessed with her before. With the exception of the last two singles on her debut album, I seriously love everything she put out up until 2007 (that's when she started to release songs that I'm not so big on). I've been listening to songs from I'm Alright, Burn and Delicious Surprise all week, and I never realized what a good song You're Not in Kansas Anymore is until I played it a few times earlier this week.
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 20, 2017 13:48:22 GMT -5
Anyone else totally falling in love with Jo Dee's music again after doing this rankdown? She's one of those artists that I always liked, but not well enough to follow all that closely. Now that I'm going back and listening, I don't know why I wasn't obsessed with her before. With the exception of the last two singles on her debut album, I seriously love everything she put out up until 2007 (that's when she started to release songs that I'm not so big on). I've been listening to songs from I'm Alright, Burn and Delicious Surprise all week, and I never realized what a good song You're Not in Kansas Anymore is until I played it a few times earlier this week. I agree 100% with this. I have always thought her hits were consistently amazing, but I also really never paid much attention to her or missed the fact that she wasn't releasing music anymore. Now I have listened to more Jo Dee than I have Martina for the last 2 months straight, and that literally has NEVER happened before!
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 20, 2017 17:18:54 GMT -5
We have a 21-point tie between this and the #7 placing album track, which was broken in favor of the highest overall Top 10 rank (which in this case means the other one had a #1 rank). A breezy and smooth mid-tempo, it fits lyrically and vocally right in Jo Dee's familiar wheelhouse of sunny optimism, so it's no surprise to see another track in this vein making the top album cuts list here. Just like "Who's Crying Now" that came one spot before this, it's another track that finds Jo Dee Messina playing the role of 'better off without you' in the face of an ex trying to come back into her life. Three participants slid this one comfortably into their Top 10 favorites, with two of them being lofty #2 and #3 ranks. Y'all know a good song when you see one! 8. "I Know a Heartache" - Jo Dee Messina
"Time is a teacher oh and it's taught me well The loser is the one who cries And when you've cried like a baby and you've hurt like hell You know the devil by the look in his eyes"
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tim : 2 someguy : 3 austin : 7
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Post by d3vin44 on Oct 20, 2017 20:22:09 GMT -5
Hmmmm are any of my album tracks going to make the cut!?! Lol
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 20, 2017 21:21:33 GMT -5
We lose one of the Greatest Hits singles next: which one will it be?
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 20, 2017 21:27:15 GMT -5
I saw Was That My Life goes before I Wish
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 20, 2017 21:28:14 GMT -5
We lose one of the Greatest Hits singles next: which one will it be? I am going to put my faith in "I Wish" and say that it makes it just a liiiiiiittttle bit higher. This time we will say goodbye to "Was That My Life"!
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Post by LBTrocks on Oct 20, 2017 21:30:08 GMT -5
How on Earth is "I Wish" still in and more importantly why
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Post by d3vin44 on Oct 20, 2017 21:30:34 GMT -5
I have to go with the others, bye bye to "Was That My Life".
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 20, 2017 21:33:18 GMT -5
How on Earth is "I Wish" still in and more importantly why Because of that complete and utter vocal slayage
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 20, 2017 21:33:25 GMT -5
The lead single to Jo Dee Messina's Greatest Hits album narrowly sneaks into the Top 15, but it's the end of this song's life in the rankdown. It's a funeral for BlueShades874's #2 rank and a trio of other Top 10s. This one definitely exceeding my expectations in this rankdown, though with its elimination, all but one single that missed the Top 20 of the country charts ("It's Too Late to Worry") has been eliminated.
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Post by LBTrocks on Oct 20, 2017 21:37:02 GMT -5
How on Earth is "I Wish" still in and more importantly why Because of that complete and utter vocal slayage Really? I find it to be one of her weakest straight across the board... including vocally. Don't get me wrong, she sounds great on it.... I'm talking about the arrangement.
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Post by LBTrocks on Oct 20, 2017 21:38:40 GMT -5
Lol @ me talking about "I Wish" as if I don't like it.
I do like it. I just don't love it.
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Post by someguy on Oct 20, 2017 21:39:52 GMT -5
Because of that complete and utter vocal slayage Really? I find it to be one of her weakest straight across the board... including vocally. Don't get me wrong, she sounds great on it.... I'm talking about the arrangement. I agree. I think the 'Greatest Hits' singles are among her weakest. And she does too, lol. When I saw her live a few years ago, she took audience requests, and she laughed when someone requested "I Wish", and basically said that it was a song she didn't want to record, and was a leftover song that Curb put on the album and released as a single without her knowledge or permission.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 20, 2017 21:42:15 GMT -5
I do see I Wish possibly missing top 10 but I would be happy with it making it. Was That My Life is a great song but I'm okay with it going here
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 20, 2017 21:44:00 GMT -5
I really didn't have much expectation for how "Was That My Life" would perform in this rankdown. I knew it wouldn't get caught up in the bottom regions of the list, but I also had no expectations of it reaching the top 10. Honestly, it leaving now feels just about perfect.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 20, 2017 21:52:50 GMT -5
Plot-twist, both Greatest Hits singles go out back-to-back and were separated by only 2 points, lol. Unfortunately for bboat11, he becomes the first participant to experience the greatest casualty of all: the loss of his #1 rank. Judging by the ranks and a lot of the recent posts in this thread, his sorrow will be met with some enthusiasm from others as they had likely wished for this moment for awhile now, including the final Bottom 5 rank from codyj100. Still, four others experience a Top 10 loss of their own.
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 20, 2017 21:57:31 GMT -5
Lol DAMN, I never thought I would be the first person to lose their #1 in a rankdown! Usually my tastes are more average than that! But then again, it seems like peoples' #1s are lasting unnaturally long in this particular rankdown... Usually there's at least a couple out before the halfway point...
Oh well, it lasted one position longer than my #1 did in the Keith Urban rankdown, and that one was truly a surprise! I knew this one was living on borrowed time, so I am thrilled it managed to make it as high as it did.
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Post by LBTrocks on Oct 20, 2017 22:01:23 GMT -5
FINALLY
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 20, 2017 22:02:46 GMT -5
Hopefully this means my #2 will hang on and win the whole thing, like what just happened in the Keith Urban rankdown! #feelingtheburn #burnysandersforpresident2016
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